Tuesday, October 23, 2007
My Theory Post
Why can't the national government come to a consensus on a policy for gay marriage? For one, there is a large undecided debate over whether the national government even has the right to control the institution of marriage. There are many who believe that the government doesn’t have the right to interfere with the institution of marriage because it is a religious ceremony and not a government given right. Within the government itself, Congress cannot seem to come to any kind of conclusion on what decisions should be made to establish the true definition of marriage. Though many constitutional amendments have been put forth, both the House and Senate are still divided on the issue and not one has yet passed.
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One of the biggest issues that is going to have to be brought to the supreme court is that there is a contradiction between federal and state laws in regards to same sex marriage. The federal law requires states to accept records from other states for example, if someone is divorced in Maryland then Virginia has to accept their divorce record as well. Its the states decision whether or not they accept gay marraige and because some accept it and some don't, there are disputes over the records.
I have also heard of this dispute and can see how it would cause problems in regards specifically to taxes. If a couple of the same sex files taxes as a family, some states won't accept them as a family and they will have to pay taxes individually. I agree that this will have to be taken to the supreme court because it is a dispute among the states and these types of disputes are taken to federal courts. I think it will have to be discussed soon before more problems arise.
Mckenna, this is one of the most significant problems regarding this issue at the moment. I'm glad that you see the problem in states not recognizing other states statutes. There are many Americans who believe that the national government has no right to define marriage as between a man and a woman, but without some national standard regarding marriage how can we expect the individual states to ever agree? We can't!
Baseball17, thanks for providing just another sure reason why the national government must establish a national standard for marriage so that there will be no more discrimination between differing state laws.
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